Example sentences of "but [verb] by [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certainly by the year 2000 BC , the tables of the Cretan rulers shone and glittered with drinking cups of gold and silver and , even in the century before the first temples were raised , those rulers were wearing elegant gold ornaments , not imported , but produced by Minoan craft workers . |
| 2 | Schools that have bought computers approved by the DoI but made by other firms , for instance Sinclair or Research Machines , can not buy adaptors . |
| 3 | The very principle of social insurance lies not merely threatened but broken by 12 years of abuse by the Government . |
| 4 | Those who were not , but rose by exceptional ability , were invariably the subject of unfavourable comment , and when successful ( as in the case of Archbishop Willigis of Mainz , 975–1011 ) , it was because their rule drew on the capital of the Adelsheiliger tradition . |
| 5 | Preferring to carry only a light rifle , such as a .22 , and ammunition , but unburdened by other supplies , even water , they chase goats from about 7 am until noon , when they have to quit for the day Sometimes they will put down their guns and stalk a goat , leaping on it to deliver the final coup de grace with a knife . |
| 6 | The first anniversary of the death of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini ( on June 3 , 1989 ) was commemorated in Tehran on June 4 by huge crowds of mourners , estimated by organizers at 8,000,000 but believed by Western observers to number several hundred thousands . |
| 7 | He would n't tell them anything more , but drove by tiny back roads , through impossibly steep villages to the grotesque gardens of Bomarzo . |
| 8 | You could say it 's a return to his earlier mode , but ramified by increased stamina . |
| 9 | The Mobidip is not sold , but operated by franchised contractors . |
| 10 | In the instant case the words of section 6(4) of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 that fall to be construed , ‘ provision in relation to … retirement ’ , without any undue straining of the ordinary meaning of the language used , are capable of bearing either the narrow meaning accepted by the Employment Appeal Tribunal or the wider meaning preferred by the Court of Appeal but acknowledged by that court to be largely a matter of first impression . |
| 11 | There remain doubts about Mason 's stamina but encouraged by greater attention since Bruno 's career was put on hold , he is fitter than at any other time in his career and is undoubtably the heavier puncher . |
| 12 | This approach created an environment in which students could present their responses in a personal yet interactive way in an evaluation session which was organised by the Department , but run by two members of staff from the Access Unit . |
| 13 | Drill attachments : Similar to the previous category , but powered by direct drive from a hand held electric drill , these have some application in the drier phases of cleaning . |
| 14 | The result would appear to be that either ( a ) there is no contract or ( b ) there is a contract , but governed by neither set of terms : in effect , an " open " contract , depending solely on the common law rules and any relevant statutory implied terms . |
| 15 | Time 's winged chariot , complete with skeleton and scythe , is converted during the play from being a trivial ornament in an artist 's studio to a darker symbol of Dorian 's decline , and the whole drama unfolds under a vast sundial , bedecked with clouds but surrounded by Roman numerals for the hours . |
| 16 | It is large and grey and chilly but surrounded by beautiful land . |
| 17 | They included , in addition to the extensive programme at the Primary Schools Centre : programmed school-based INSET ; INSET supported by the Authority but provided by external agents ; INSET related to school reviews ; and the expanding school-led INSET initiative . |
| 18 | The assembly of weapons into systems , spread wide in space but linked by little strings of data , typifies microchip warfare . |
| 19 | ‘ For example , in 1979 the equity market rose in nominal terms by 9.7 p.c. but fell by 6.5 p.c. in real terms as a result of inflation . ’ |
| 20 | But criticize by all means . |
| 21 | Budgets are n't based on the needs of the local community any more , but dictated by central Government . ’ |
| 22 | Their findings were repudiated by Jones and Hochner ( 1973 ) but supported by another study by Dunn and Lupfer ( 1974 ) who assessed the performance of 55 white and 122 blacks in a modified game of soccer , calling the forwards ' functions self-paced and the defenders ' reactive . |
| 23 | Algeria also has the Trans-Mediterranean pipeline to northern Italy , but exports by both methods have been hit by contractual wrangles and by the European gas glut . |
| 24 | But judging by last month 's debate , many of them are hungry for change . |
| 25 | A brave attempt , but spoiled by poor execution . |
| 26 | A crackle and sparkle of steel , spitting light and vanishing into shadow , but to reappear by spasmodic flashes thereafter , moving up towards him . |
| 27 | Many such institutions also have substantial libraries , not only about local places , people and conditions , but works by local authors , all of which can be of value in building a picture of a place , its people , and their social preoccupations . |
| 28 | Perhaps only thirty , but wearied by some excess or other , the burnished sepia of his skin barely concealing a sickly iridescence , as though there was a mercurial taint in his cells . |
| 29 | The collection and analysis of data are even less clear cut for those facilities situated within NHS hospitals but managed by private companies . |
| 30 | There are days when he moves so slowly that we are not only outstripped by joggers , but overtaken by old ladies out exercising their dogs . |